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Doc/Fest launches new initiative
Future Producer School, aimed at ambitious feature documentary producers, is in addition to the record number of pitch opportunities at the festival.
Cinéfondation's Atelier unveils 15 projects
The tenth edition of the co-production showcase at the Cannes Film Festival includes new projects from Brazil’s Antonio Méndez Esparza and Mexico’s Daniel Castro Zimbrón.
Female filmmakers festival reveals line-up
London’s Birds Eye View Film Festival will include 10 UK premieres and titles from Girls star Lena Dunham and Kelly Reichardt.
Sundance
The Exchange boards Obvious Child
SUNDANCE: CEO Brian O’Shea and his team are Berlin-bound with international rights to the acclaimed Park City selection.
Rotterdam
Rotterdam's Tigers go to Japan, Sweden, Korea
UPDATE: UPC Audience Award goes to Alexander Payne’s Nebraska. Festival’s second Big Screen Award to support Dutch distribution goes to Russia’s Another Year.
Berlin
Cannes
Cinéfondation's Atelier unveils 15 projects
The tenth edition of the co-production showcase at the Cannes Film Festival includes new projects from Brazil’s Antonio Méndez Esparza and Mexico’s Daniel Castro Zimbrón.
Kiarostami to lead Cannes short jury
Abbas Kiarostami is to head the Cinéfondation and Short Film Jury of the 67th Cannes Film Festival.
Gallimard launches adaptation drive
Publishing house to launch book pitching event Shoot the Book at Cannes.
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Cannes Critics' Week launches initiative
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Cannes awards brought forward
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Grace of Monaco to open Cannes
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Lescure named Cannes president
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Jane Campion to head Cannes jury
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Ventana Sur boosts Cannes' LatAm presence
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DWKs sets Son remake
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Blue Is The Warmest Colour gets NC-17 rating in US
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Film Movement acquires Salvo
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Open Road bites into Chef
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FilmDistrict sets Selfess date
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Drafthouse, Films We Like enter Congress
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Exclusive Media secures Metallica sales
AFM
Metrodome acquires Attila Marcel
EXCLUSIVE: UK distributor also secures Big Sur, We Gotta Get Out Of This Place, Almost Human, Enter Nowhere and The Battery.
Venice
Venice Days gets competitive
EXCLUSIVE: Parallel Venice section also planning out-of-festival activities to build new audiences for independent cinema.
Venice confirms 2014 dates
The Venice Film Festival has confirmed its 2014 dates as August 27 to September 6.
Venice selects 12 for filmmaking scheme
A total of 12 projects have been selected for the second edition of Venice filmmaking scheme, the Biennale College - Cinema, a programme for training young filmmakers and producing micro-budget films.
Metrodome gets Miss Violence
EXCLUSIVE: UK distributor takes Elle Driver’s provocative, award-winning Venice drama.
Venice best director Pasolini talks new projects
UPDATED & EXCLUSIVE: Beta closes a number of key deals on Venice award-winner Still Life.
Reel Suspects comes to Ruin
Matteo Lovadina’s Reel Suspects has picked up international rights on Venice Orizzonti special jury prize winner Ruin.
Sacro GRA surprise Venice winner
Surprise choice for Golden Lion is Italian documentary. Silver Lion for best director goes to Alexandros Avranas for Miss Violence.
Toronto
Toronto welcomes international shorts
The Toronto International Film Festival is starting a new programme for international shorts, Shorts Cuts International.
Hong Kong
Aberdeen, Midnight After to open HKIFF
Pang Ho-cheung’s Aberdeen and Fruit Chan’s The Midnight After will open this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF), which takes place March 24-April 7.
HKIFF to premiere Better Tomorrow
The Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) will screen the world premiere of Adam Wong’s ICAC Investigators 2014 - Better Tomorrow, which has Dante Lam on board as consultant director, on March 26.
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The Circuit
Sundance UK party
The We are UK Film Party was held at Highwest Distillery on Jan 19 and was co-hosted by the BFC and BFI, with Screen as a media partner.
